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THE BOOK OF<br/>
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PSALM 44
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Saints praise the Lord and boast in his name forever—They are persecuted, maligned, counted as sheep for the slaughter.
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<center><span class='small'>TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN, FOR THE SONS OF KORAH, MASCHIL.</span></center>
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We</span> have heard with our ears, O God, our <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/44/1a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Marriage, Fatherhood.">fathers</a> have <sup>b</sup><a href="ps/44/1b" mark="b" type="A" title="Deut. 32: 7.">told</a> us, <i>what</i> work thou didst in their days, in the times of old.
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<i>How</i> thou didst drive out the heathen with thy hand, and plantedst them; <i>how</i> thou didst afflict the people, and cast them out.
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For they got not the <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/44/3a" mark="a" type="A" title="Deut. 2: 36.">land</a> in possession by their own <sup>b</sup><a href="ps/44/3b" mark="b" type="A" title="Josh. 24: 12.">sword</a>, neither did their own arm save them: but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst a favour unto them.
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Thou art my <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/44/4a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 74: 12; 2 Ne. 10: 14; Alma 5: 50; D&C 38: 21 (21-22).">King</a>, O God: command deliverances for Jacob.
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Through thee will we push down our enemies: through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
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For I will not <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/44/6a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 33: 16 (16-18); 2 Ne. 4: 34; 2 Ne. 28: 31; D&C 1: 19 (19-20).">trust</a> in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
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But thou hast saved us from our enemies, and hast put them to shame that hated us.
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In God we <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/44/8a" mark="a" type="A" title="2 Ne. 33: 6; Alma 26: 16 (10-16); D&C 76: 61.">boast</a> all the day long, and praise thy name for ever.  Selah.
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But thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and goest not forth with our armies.
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Thou makest us to turn back from the enemy: and they which hate us spoil for themselves.
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Thou hast given us like sheep <i>appointed </i>for meat; and hast <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/44/11a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Israel, Scattering of.">scattered</a> us among the heathen.
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Thou sellest thy people for nought, and dost not increase <i>thy wealth</i> by their price.
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Thou makest us a <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/44/13a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Reproach.">reproach</a> to our neighbours, a scorn and a <sup>b</sup><a href="ps/44/13b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ezek. 36: 4.">derision</a> to them that are round about us.
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Thou makest us a byword among the heathen, a shaking of the head among the people.
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My confusion <i>is</i> continually before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
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For the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and avenger.
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All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely in thy covenant.
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Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy way;
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Though thou hast sore broken us in the place of <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/44/19a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB jackals.">dragons</a>, and covered us with the <sup>b</sup><a href="ps/44/19b" mark="b" type="A" title="Job 3: 5.">shadow</a> of death.
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If we have forgotten the name of our God, or stretched out our hands to a strange god;
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Shall not God search this out?  for he <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/44/21a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG God, Omniscience of.">knoweth</a> the secrets of the heart.
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Yea, for thy sake are we <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/44/22a" mark="a" type="A" title="Rom. 8: 36.">killed</a> all the day long; we are counted as <sup>b</sup><a href="ps/44/22b" mark="b" type="B" title="TG Sheep.">sheep</a> for the slaughter.
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Awake, why sleepest thou, O Lord?  arise, cast <i>us</i> not off for ever.
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Wherefore hidest thou thy face, <i>and </i>forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
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For our soul is bowed down to the <sup>a</sup><a href="ps/44/25a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 119: 25.">dust</a>: our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
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Arise for our help, and redeem us for thy mercies’ sake.
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